Charlie:
Hope all is well. I am the Township Attorney for the Township of Cranford.
The custodian has identified documents responsive to your OPRA request,
and I have attached documents responsive to your request for all executed
contracts in effect for 2024; however, additional documents identified
will require a legal review and possible redaction of information exempted
from OPRA disclosure, most notably information subject to attorney-client
privilege and related privileges. As a result, I am writing to request an
extension of fourteen days to provide the responsive documents and
identify any exemptions/redactions asserted. I would appreciate the
courtesy.
All the best,
Tom
Thomas J Slattery
t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
[1][email address]

Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
Cranford, NJ 07016
[2]www.cooperllc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Kratovil
<[3][OPRA #75491 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 3:48 PM
To: Clerk <[4][email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - Rainone Coughlin Minchello 2024 Contract and
Invoices

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Dear Cranford Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under
OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill
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my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a
requestor including all of the information required on the adopted
form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid
government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws
of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial
purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

1) all signed contract(s) for Rainone Coughlin Minchello (RCM) in
effect during 2024.

2) all bills/invoices received from the above firm for work done
during 2024

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future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Charlie Kratovil

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Charlie:

It’s been a strange road – from litigation to in-house in Jersey City to
now in private practice for municipalities. It's nice to run into some old
friends in the field now and again.

I have given the invoices you requested to RCM for a courtesy check (we do
this with all outside counsel's bills) in case anything we haven’t flagged
as privileged should be redacted. They haven’t gotten back to me yet and I
intend to be out of the office Friday and Monday for the holiday weekend.
So I apologize but I have to ask for a brief extension of my extension to
Tuesday. I haven’t asked for a second extension on an OPRA request before,
so I will make certain to have this done ASAP.

Again, really appreciate your patience and courtesy.

Tom
Thomas J Slattery
t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
[1][email address]

Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
Cranford, NJ 07016
[2]www.cooperllc.com
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM Charlie Kratovil
<[3][OPRA #75491 email]> wrote:

Dear Tom,

Great to hear from you, I wasn't expecting you to be on the other end of
this request.  Small world.

Thanks for the record, and for your email requesting an extension.  I'm
happy to extend the timeline.  Have a great day and let's talk soon!

Yours sincerely,

Charlie Kratovil

-----Original Message-----

Charlie:
 Hope all is well. I am the Township Attorney for the Township of
Cranford.
 The custodian has identified documents responsive to your OPRA request,
 and I have attached documents responsive to your request for all
executed
 contracts in effect for 2024; however, additional documents identified
 will require a legal review and possible redaction of information
exempted
 from OPRA disclosure, most notably information subject to
attorney-client
 privilege and related privileges. As a result, I am writing to request
an
 extension of fourteen days to provide the responsive documents and
 identify any exemptions/redactions asserted. I would appreciate the
 courtesy.
 All the best,
 Tom
 Thomas J Slattery
 t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
 [1][email address]

 Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
 108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
 Cranford, NJ 07016
 [2][4]www.cooperllc.com

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Hey Charlie:
Please see the attached invoices responsive to your request. Redactions
are to preserve attorney-client privilege. 
Many thanks for your patience. Hope to see you soon.
Tom
Thomas J Slattery
t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
[1][email address]

Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
Cranford, NJ 07016
[2]www.cooperllc.com
On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM Thomas Slattery <[3][email address]>
wrote:

Charlie:

It’s been a strange road – from litigation to in-house in Jersey City to
now in private practice for municipalities. It's nice to run into some
old friends in the field now and again.

I have given the invoices you requested to RCM for a courtesy check (we
do this with all outside counsel's bills) in case anything we haven’t
flagged as privileged should be redacted. They haven’t gotten back to me
yet and I intend to be out of the office Friday and Monday for the
holiday weekend. So I apologize but I have to ask for a brief extension
of my extension to Tuesday. I haven’t asked for a second extension on an
OPRA request before, so I will make certain to have this done ASAP.

Again, really appreciate your patience and courtesy.

Tom
Thomas J Slattery
t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
[4][email address]

Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
Cranford, NJ 07016
[5]www.cooperllc.com
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM Charlie Kratovil
<[6][OPRA #75491 email]> wrote:

Dear Tom,

Great to hear from you, I wasn't expecting you to be on the other end
of this request.  Small world.

Thanks for the record, and for your email requesting an extension. 
I'm happy to extend the timeline.  Have a great day and let's talk
soon!

Yours sincerely,

Charlie Kratovil

-----Original Message-----

Charlie:
 Hope all is well. I am the Township Attorney for the Township of
Cranford.
 The custodian has identified documents responsive to your OPRA
request,
 and I have attached documents responsive to your request for all
executed
 contracts in effect for 2024; however, additional documents
identified
 will require a legal review and possible redaction of information
exempted
 from OPRA disclosure, most notably information subject to
attorney-client
 privilege and related privileges. As a result, I am writing to
request an
 extension of fourteen days to provide the responsive documents and
 identify any exemptions/redactions asserted. I would appreciate the
 courtesy.
 All the best,
 Tom
 Thomas J Slattery
 t: 908.514.8830 ext. 103
 [1][email address]

 Cooper, LLC - Counselors at Law
 108 N. Union Ave., Suite 4
 Cranford, NJ 07016
 [2][7]www.cooperllc.com

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